RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A large fire broke out Monday night at the Raleigh Convention Center in downtown.

Smoke was visible for miles as the two-alarm fire burned on the roof of the 500,000-square-foot building in the 500 block of S. Salisbury Street.

The call came in just before 9:30 p.m., a City of Raleigh spokesperson said. About 50 firefighters responded.

"I see smoke engulfing like the entire building, like coming from the top of it," said one man who was riding a scooter when he saw the blaze. "They had about two of those cranes up there; they were trying to spray out some sort of fire."

The fire has been put out, City of Raleigh spokesperson Julia Milstead said. There was no interior damage noted, though white smoke still rose from the roof past 11 p.m.

"It was limited to the

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